Toy boat



H. C. IVES.

TOY BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, 1920.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

UNIT-ED STATES-PATENT o=FFlCE.-;;

HARRYC. Ivns. or BRIneEroR'r, CONNECTICUT. I

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Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented pla Application filed February 13, 1920. Serial No. 858,469. 7

T 0 all whom-it may concern."- 7 I Be it known that I, HARRY C. Ivns, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements" in Toy Boats, of which the following is a'specification.

This invention: relates to new and useful improvements in toy motor boats ofthe class designed to be operatedby a clock spring movement. 7

Spring movements for toy boats of this class are most advantageously positioned in the bottom of a boat so as to better'op'erate the propellershaft which is necessarily positioned-low in the hull; l These m'ovements so far as I am aware have thus far bee'n more or less permanently secured'to the bottom. ofthe boat, which made it difficult to" This allows the movement to be. removed by the owner should it become broken or.

disabled, and likewise repaired by the owner and the life of the motor prolonged, where as under the old construction in order to re-. pair the boat it was necessary to return it to the factory, and in which case it was more of a task to get the movement out than it was to repair it.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides and consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may beresorted to without departure from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar characters of reference denote ike or c rresponding parts gh l upon which,

to prevent water from several figures of the accompanying drawlngs forming Figs-1 shows a planview type of toy motor boat.

of a destroyer the boat shown in Fig.1. p v I Fig. 3 is a plan view'of theplock movement boat, and

Fig.4 shows a detached side vievv of the removable cover portionpffthe' deck: of the boatQwhich includes two funnels and a conning towel. p I Referrlng in detail to characters' of reference marked upon thedrawings, represents f the bullet the boat, 6 a bed" portion on the.

inside of the. central portion ofthe bottom to support the clock springmovement. 7 represents the maindeck and '8 a raised por} tion or" thedeck surrounding th'e'jelongated opening 9;fformedi'immediately. above the movement and through Which the samemay be placed in or removed from the boat. A" shouldered ledge 10 isformed around the top edge portion ofthe' opening in .the' raised portion 8 of the deck to receive the detachable cover 11 placed thereon and so as to support the same in a way to snugly close the opening. V r

12 represents a support attached to the sternof the boat, and on which a rudder 13 is adjustably mounted. The propeller wheel a part of this specification, and

. p ng? attached to the bottom of lthe" 460*- Flg. 2fshows acentralvertical section of 14 is positioned inside of the rudder support and between it and the end of the. stern of the boat'and is mounted upon a propeller shaft 15 journalled in the bearing 16 also secured to'the wall of vthestern of the boat.

The inner end of the propeller shaft is bent to form a crank 17 which is detachably en gaged by the driven arm 18 of the motor shaft 19 and whereby'the crank shaftand propeller are rotated.

Thespring movement includes upper and is lower plates 20 and 21 supported by the several posts 22. 23 represents the Winding stem that projects up into the hollow stack 24 of the. cover and through which the movement is wound. 25 indicates the usual form of clock spring, connected with the winding stem and 26 a gear operated by the spring. 27 is a. pinion on a second shaft which is operated by the spring gear and 28 indicates a second gear connected and operated by the pinion. 27. ,ThiS SQ QQQQ gear in turn drives a second pinion 29 with which is connected a bevelled pinion 30 that in turn meshes with and drives the pinion 31 on the motor shaft 19 bearing the 18 which engages the before mentioned crank. This motor shaft is journalled in a depending bearing 32 of the top plate of the movement as will be clearly apparent from Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. An upwardly extended flange 33 is formed on the rear end of the bed 6 and includes an elongated slot to re ceive the extended tongue 34 formed on the rear end of the lower plate of the movement and whereby that end of the movement is secured. A. long screw 35 extends through the forwardly extended portion of the lower plate 22 of the movement to secure it in position after the tongueof the rear end has been positioned inthe slot.

From the foregoing construction it will be seen that the movement can be wound in the usual way by positioning a key in the open end of the stack to engage the upper end of the stem 23 of the movement. It will also be apparent from the foregoing description'that by removing the cover shown in Figs. 1, 2 and l, the top end of the screw can be engaged and removed to release the movement and when released in this way the stem of the movement can be engaged and the movement drawn slightly forward and then lifted out. The connection of the driving shaft of the movement with the propeller shaft is such as to permit them to be readily engaged or disengaged to further permit of the removal of the movement.

Having thus described the invention, what 1. A toy motor boat including a hull and c'overed'deck having an opening in its top, a removable cover for said openln a clock 7 7 spring movement for operating the boat and adapted to be removed through the opening in said top, separable means upon one'por tion of the movement for engaging the boat, and a screw for detachably securing the movement in such engagement.

2. A toy motor boat including a hull and covered deck having an opening in its top, a removable cover for said opening having a hollow smoke stack therethrough, a, propeller shaft positioned in the hull, a clock spring movement including a winding stem" extended up in said stack, and means for detachablysecuring said clock spring movement inthe bottom of said boat,.said means being readily accessible through saidopen- 1n A toy motor boat including a hulland covered deck having an. opening in its top, a removable cover for said opening, a propeller shaft positioned in the hull, a clock spring movement detachably connected withv the propeller shaft, means for the detachable connection ofone end of the movement to the hull, and a screw for the attachment of the.

opposite'end of the movement to the hull. V Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairlield and State of Connecticut.

HARRY C. IVES. f

Witnesses: I

CHARLES H. SILIJMAN,

MAY SPLATI. 

